The two people who were charged with trespassing after refusing to leave a Roanoke County School Board meeting July 27 were arraigned Monday. Outside the courthouse, Roanoke area residents rallied to show their support for those arrested.
As the two people who were arrested at July’s Roanoke County School Board meeting were arraigned on misdemeanor charges Monday morning, supporters of trans youths’ rights rallied outside the county courthouse.
Danny M. Clawson, center, who was charged with trespassing after refusing to leave a Roanoke County School Board meeting July 27, and Roanoke residents Audrey Brown, right, and Katherine Brown, left, rally outside the Roanoke County courthouse Monday morning.
Police arrest Shannon “Danny” Clawson of Roanoke, after Clawson refused to leave the July 27 Roanoke County School Board meeting when Chairman Brent Hudson ordered the room cleared. Melee at that meeting have prompted new procedures for public speakers at school board meetings.
SCREEN CAPTURE, Video by Benjamin James, Submitted
People rally in support of trans youths’ rights outside the Roanoke County courthouse Monday after two people were arraigned on trespassing charges they received after refusing to leave a county school board meeting last month.
Benjamin James, one of two people arrested and charged with trespassing after Roanoke County School Board Chairman Brent Hudson asked police to escort the public out of the meeting room, captured his arrest on video Thursday evening.
The two people who were charged with trespassing after refusing to leave a Roanoke County School Board meeting July 27 were arraigned Monday. …
Danny M. Clawson, center, who was charged with trespassing after refusing to leave a Roanoke County School Board meeting July 27, and Roanoke residents Audrey Brown, right, and Katherine Brown, left, rally outside the Roanoke County courthouse Monday morning.
People rally in support of trans youths’ rights outside the Roanoke County courthouse Monday after two people were arraigned on trespassing charges they received after refusing to leave a county school board meeting last month.
Police arrest Shannon “Danny” Clawson of Roanoke, after Clawson refused to leave the July 27 Roanoke County School Board meeting when Chairman Brent Hudson ordered the room cleared. Melee at that meeting have prompted new procedures for public speakers at school board meetings.
SCREEN CAPTURE, Video by Benjamin James, Submitted
